WW 51 TORNADO AL FL CW 181230Z – 181900Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Tornado Watch Number 51 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 730 AM CDT Fri Mar 18 2022 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Tornado Watch for portions of Southern Alabama Western Florida Panhandle Coastal Waters * Effective this Friday morning and afternoon from 730 AM until 200 PM CDT. * Primary threats include... A couple intense tornadoes possible Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible SUMMARY...A couple supercells may emanate out of pre-frontal confluence bands in southwest Alabama. Otherwise, a linear cluster should develop east. Tornadoes and damaging winds are the main hazards. The tornado watch area is approximately along and 45 statute miles east and west of a line from 40 miles north northeast of Evergreen AL to 35 miles southwest of Pensacola FL. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1). PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for tornadoes and severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area. Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible warnings. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 50... AVIATION...Tornadoes and a few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector 24035. ...Grams
